Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (March 24th, 2016)

[Khev]

Forrest Gump depresses me. The love of his life leaves him countless times, comes back with his child, marries him finally and then immediately dies.

Yeah. "You waited decades for me? Here I am!" *dies*

 

[kryptonianmutie]

Saddest on-screen death I've seen as an adult? Hmm. Probably Forrest Gump standing at Jenny's grave and Ellie at the beginning of Up.

I can't think of any sadder then these.

 

[JAWS]

Forrest Gump depresses me. The love of his life leaves him countless times, comes back with his child, marries him finally and then immediately dies.

I pretty much hate that film for the reasons you mentioned... Jenny sucked... Only reason she came back and even told him he had a kid is because she was dying.. I know she had an awful childhood but ahhh what a depressing film.

 

[Kamandi]

What the hell were they thinking

 

[kryptonianmutie]

I pretty much hate that film for the reasons you mentioned... Jenny sucked... Only reason she came back and even told him he had a kid is because she was dying.. I know she had an awful childhood but ahhh what a depressing film.

The way Tarentino talked about the movie when it was beating Pulp Fiction at all the awards shows you'd think Forrest Gump had nothing but a bunch of kittens bouncing on fluffy pillows.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

 

[YoNoSe]

I cried when Mufasa died.

 

[DiFabio]

Kill them all Peter.

 

[Khev]

After Uncle Ben's self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.

 

[jye4ever]

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Batman V Superman Original Cut Was Nearly 4 Hours

"It was a lot to juggle. So the plot lines of a couple characters had to go. These people are currently in the movie but we don’t track them, and it’s okay. What’s kind of fun is that we went back and did an extended cut where we put a lot of this stuff back, and we refined it into the same rhythm as the theatrical release. So what was once a nearly four-hour cut with absolutely everything was ridiculous – ended up being about a three-hour cut, once all these added story lines were refined with the fat was cut out."

"I remember being a little worried. Three and a half hours, okay, that’s fine for a movie of this size, the way Zack likes to work. This was more daunting. But we cut down “Man of Steel” from about 3 and half hours, I knew we’d get this done."

 

[crows]

Yup, just like Batman v Superman has a few great elements and cool ideas to it.





The Batmobile scene is awful so I could totally see that.

I don't get why Batman cables the thug's car. I don't get the slow mo shots of it crashing through boats and walls like a video game. I don't even get the point of the scene other than "hey, we have Batman, we gotta use the Batmobile". I feel bad for the people that poured their hearts and souls into designing and producing the actual Batmobile. In different hands in a different scene, I know it would be better.

Remember seeing this and getting hyped,



When I saw it in the actual movie? I felt nothing. Hopefully they make good use of it in Suicide Squad.


Also, am I the only one that thought they shot Batman like crap in the Batmobile interior shots? He looks stupid like he doesn't even fit in the damn thing. It looks like he's laying inside of it and is uncomfortable as hell. There are tight shots on his face and body and it just seems awkward.

That's the one nice thing about Affleck directing his own Batman film, I bet he'll be able to shoot and make his Batman elements better than he appears in BvS where someone else's vision was at play.

Every single time batman is riding the car or the plane, his head is tilting

Like if the roof was too low and he didn't fit well

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

 

[DiFabio]

Batman V Superman Original Cut Was Nearly 4 Hours

You couldn't pay me to sit through that entire thing. What a mess. After enduring what all led up to the Martha Kent shenanigans, I was feeling uncomfortable by the whole Doomsday thing and how long that took to finally conclude.




>You didn't bring me the Bats head! Out of time!
>Oh, Batman saved your mom, no matter, if man can't kill god, the devil will do it!
>Doomsday shows up
>Superman fights him
>Superman continues to fight him
>*insert shots of Lois Lane entering a cab*
>Uh oh, Doomsday grows more powerful when he's attacked
>This area isn't populated
>Oh snap, Doomsday and Superman wrecked the monument
>Wonder Woman on a plane
>Wonder Woman sees the fight and leaves plane
>*insert shots of Lois Lane leaving a cab
>Superman finally decides to shoot Doomsday up into space
>The government got this, God bless Superman
>Nuke Superman and Doomsday
>Awww, Superman died, sacrificing himself to kill Doomsday
>No wait, Doomsday ain't dead
>Batman's got this, he's going to lead Doomsday to . . .
>the second area that isn't populated with civilians
>if only I had that Kryptonite spear
>Lois randomly goes to get the spear
>Batman flies around and talks to Alfred a bit
>Zombie Superman, guess he didn't die
>Oh ****
>YEAH, WONDER WOMAN, I remember that from the trailer!
>Trinity!
>Batman evades (should have died from that Doomsday electromagnetic nuke thing, but whatever)
>Wonder Woman gets horny
>Superman sucks
>Lois is . . . DROWNING
>Superman somehow hears and flees to rescue her
>Oh hey, it's that scene from Superman: The Movie where Ms. Tessmacher saves Superman from the pool
>is Superman going to do what I think he's going to do?
>yeah, he killed himself


Bunch of CGI, electrical, orange explosion **** that did nothing for me. That gap from when Batman saves Martha to the dirt rising from Superman's coffin is just unbearable.

Affleck looks different. Hmmm

 

[jye4ever]

You couldn't pay me to sit through that entire thing. What a mess. After enduring what all led up to the Martha Kent shenanigans, I was feeling uncomfortable by the whole Doomsday thing and how long that took to finally conclude.




>You didn't bring me the Bats head! Out of time!
>Oh, Batman saved your mom, no matter, if man can't kill god, the devil will do it!
>Doomsday shows up
>Superman fights him
>Superman continues to fight him
>*insert shots of Lois Lane entering a cab*
>Uh oh, Doomsday grows more powerful when he's attacked
>This area isn't populated
>Oh snap, Doomsday and Superman wrecked the monument
>Wonder Woman on a plane
>Wonder Woman sees the fight and leaves plane
>*insert shots of Lois Lane leaving a cab
>Superman finally decides to shoot Doomsday up into space
>The government got this, God bless Superman
>Nuke Superman and Doomsday
>Awww, Superman died, sacrificing himself to kill Doomsday
>No wait, Doomsday ain't dead
>Batman's got this, he's going to lead Doomsday to . . .
>the second area that isn't populated with civilians
>if only I had that Kryptonite spear
>Lois randomly goes to get the spear
>Batman flies around and talks to Alfred a bit
>Zombie Superman, guess he didn't die
>Oh ****
>YEAH, WONDER WOMAN, I remember that from the trailer!
>Trinity!
>Batman evades (should have died from that Doomsday electromagnetic nuke thing, but whatever)
>Wonder Woman gets horny
>Superman sucks
>Lois is . . . DROWNING
>Superman somehow hears and flees to rescue her
>Oh hey, it's that scene from Superman: The Movie where Ms. Tessmacher saves Superman from the pool
>is Superman going to do what I think he's going to do?
>yeah, he killed himself


Bunch of CGI, electrical, orange explosion **** that did nothing for me. That gap from when Batman saves Martha to the dirt rising from Superman's coffin is just unbearable.





Affleck looks different. Hmmm

Moar is better!

 

[GasparZizou]

>He even made the green text green

 

[karamazov80]

Most depressing movie death that jumps to my mind is from Dancer in the Dark. **** that movie.

After Uncle Ben's self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.

 

[kryptonianmutie]

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Is this from another WB gem that'll be appreciated years from now?

 

[crows]

worst crying scene for me, cried pretty hard

 

[SNIKT1950]

You couldn't pay me to sit through that entire thing. What a mess. After enduring what all led up to the Martha Kent shenanigans, I was feeling uncomfortable by the whole Doomsday thing and how long that took to finally conclude.




>You didn't bring me the Bats head! Out of time!
>Oh, Batman saved your mom, no matter, if man can't kill god, the devil will do it!
>Doomsday shows up
>Superman fights him
>Superman continues to fight him
>*insert shots of Lois Lane entering a cab*
>Uh oh, Doomsday grows more powerful when he's attacked
>This area isn't populated
>Oh snap, Doomsday and Superman wrecked the monument
>Wonder Woman on a plane
>Wonder Woman sees the fight and leaves plane
>*insert shots of Lois Lane leaving a cab
>Superman finally decides to shoot Doomsday up into space
>The government got this, God bless Superman
>Nuke Superman and Doomsday
>Awww, Superman died, sacrificing himself to kill Doomsday
>No wait, Doomsday ain't dead
>Batman's got this, he's going to lead Doomsday to . . .
>the second area that isn't populated with civilians
>if only I had that Kryptonite spear
>Lois randomly goes to get the spear
>Batman flies around and talks to Alfred a bit
>Zombie Superman, guess he didn't die
>Oh ****
>YEAH, WONDER WOMAN, I remember that from the trailer!
>Trinity!
>Batman evades (should have died from that Doomsday electromagnetic nuke thing, but whatever)
>Wonder Woman gets horny
>Superman sucks
>Lois is . . . DROWNING
>Superman somehow hears and flees to rescue her
>Oh hey, it's that scene from Superman: The Movie where Ms. Tessmacher saves Superman from the pool
>is Superman going to do what I think he's going to do?
>yeah, he killed himself


Bunch of CGI, electrical, orange explosion **** that did nothing for me. That gap from when Batman saves Martha to the dirt rising from Superman's coffin is just unbearable.





Affleck looks different. Hmmm

Lol dude, I'm pretty sure you love BATMAN (1989), BATMAN RETURNS (1992), BATMAN BEGINS (2005) & THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) as much as I do. I know we don't agree on THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012) - which I think is a 10/10 but you didn't like at all.

But reading through this post I'm puzzled as to why you didn't like BvS.

I've seen it four times and every time is better. First viewing I had alot to take in so I gave it an 8.5/10 & missed alot of the subtle undertones. My main gripes were the opening with Bruce's parents and the Martha moment. I needed a second viewing to understand those story beats:

1) Snyder doesn't want to remind us of Bruce's origin (we've seen it countless times) but rather begins a thread that revolves around Thomas Wayne's final word: "Martha."

2) The thread continues when Bruce visits the crypt and we see Martha's grave. Snyder wants to engrain the name MARTHA WAYNE in our heads.

3) The culmination is when Bruce has Clark dead to rights. All he sees is an alien killing machine. A threat to this world that must be vanquished. When Clark says "Save Martha" Bruce doesn't know what to think. Does Clark know about the death of his parents? Is he being petty in his final moments? Then Lois arrives and explains to Bruce that Martha is Clark's mother whilst shielding Clark from the spear. Bruce's dark view of Clark now changes: This alien killing machine has a mother. This alien killing machine has a woman. This alien killing machine is a person. Bruce now snaps out of his quest for blood and begins to embrace the moral compass he'd abandoned for some time now (the branding).

First viewing that crucial story beat swept over me. Second viewing it choked me up and continues to do so every time since. Snyder successfully finds a way for Batman to see Supes as a mortal and that event brokers their allegiance.

People online who make jokes like "As long as Darkseid's mom is called Martha the JLA won't kill him hahahaha" are really missing the point.

Bottom line is I think you oughtta give BvS another go.

The second viewing rose it up for me from a shaky 8.5/10 to a 9/10.